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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F.. COOKERLY, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONF.

, HALF TO FRANK F. SCHMIDT, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATIOIPT forming part of Letters Patent No. 531,289, dated December 18, 1894.

Application led March 5, 1894. Serial No. 502,383. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- Y

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. COOKERLY, of Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a-new and Improved Hydrocarbon-Burner, of which the following is a full, clear, `and exact'descrip- My invention relates to improvements in hydrocarbon burners, and the object of liny invention is to produce a simple and durable burner yof this class, which is adapted to be arranged in an ordinary cook stove or in a heating stove or other heater, which is prof vided With a steam generator adapted to generate the steam which is combined with vaporized oil to form thehydrocarbon gas, and

also to arrange the parts of the burner in' such a way that there are no s'mall openings to get clogged with soot, and that the steam and oil vapors may be combined and burned in a most economical manner and in a Way k `to produce intense heat. v

To these ends, myinvention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described and claimed. v

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a plan view of the burner embodying my invention, a portion of the deflector plates being removed to show the Ilues in the steam generator. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. l, showing the burner applied to a stove.

Y Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan on the'line 4 4 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is an end view of the burner, its base plate being shown in cross section.

The burner is provided with a base plate 10, on which it is supported, the base plate having a central opening to receive the shell of the burner, and the base'plate is adapted to be supported on ledges 11 in the fire box 12 of a stove or other heater.

The burner is provided with a shell 13, which is preferably a 'casting and which is open at the topand bottom, this shell serving as a support for the mechanism of the burner, and acting as a stack or line through which the up draft passes, the shell also serving as a mixing chamber in which are mingled the vapors of the water and oil. 5 5 The shell 13 is preferably made with fluted sides, thus forming internal ribs 14; which strengthen the shell, and above one of them and in the recesses formed by the flutes of the-shell, is arranged the steam distributing 6o pipe as hereinafter described. To prevent the shellffromwarping by the intense heat which is generated Within it, it is provided with verticalribs l5, and also with a horizontal `iange 15a, which is adapted torest on and 6 5 be secured to the base plate 10, the lower portion of the burner shell projecting downward through the base plate, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5. In the lower portion of the shell is hung horizontally the ire pan 16, into which 7o the oil drips when the re is first started, this pan being supported by side arms 17, which are attached to fiat inwardly projecting bosses 18 on the shell, and thus space is left around the lire pan for the air to pass upward to promote combustion. To further facilitate rapid combustion, the fire pan is provided with dues 19, through which the air may pass. Delivering into the fire pan is an oil well 20, which tapers from the top toward the bottom, 8o

this well being secured to the discharge pipe 21 of the oil retort 22, which is a hollow cast ing of a generally at shape, and is arranged above and parallel with the lire pan, the retort having near its discharge pipe 2l, a raised 85 projection l23, which prevents the oil from iowing too freely through the discharge pipe, and 4also acts as a preventive against the llames which might follow into the burner.

It will be noted that the oil-discharge pipe, 9o 2l, terminates about the vertical middle of the well, 20, and that one side of the latter is inclined laterally, so that the well has a wide mouth or top. It will 'be further seen that the retort, 22, is extended laterally beyond such inclined side of the well, 20, and thus forms, as it were, a hat baffle plate or deflector for the flame issuing from said well, directing the flame toward the jet-steam pipe,

32. When Vthe retort is to be lighted, a small roo quantity of oil is admitted through pipe, 21, and well, 20, into the pan, 16, and is ignited.

The heat thus generated soon vaporizes the oil supplied by said pipe, 21, and henceforth the oil is discharged as vapor into the well, 20, andis diverged laterally from the open top of the latter beneath the overhanging ledge of the retort, 22. Being ignited, howu ever, a body of flame issues from the well and flows in contact with such ledge and the adjacent steam pipe, 32. Thus, practically, the oil vapor is ignited at the top of the well. The function of the latter is therefore to guide the oil in the first instance into the lighting pan, and secondly to serve as a heater and guide for vapor and flame. The retort has on its upper side a projection 24, into which leads the oil supply pipe 25, which may be connected with any suitable source of supply and is of course provided with a control valve in the ordinary manner.

Supported on the top of the shell 13, and extending entirely across it is a steam generator 26, which is flat, and is preferab[y a hollow casting, the generator having on its outer sides projecting bosses 27, which are connected by bolts 28 with the flange 15 of the shell 13. The generator is provided with numerous vertical fines 29, through which the combustible gas passes upward, and it is also provided with a hollow pipe 30 adapted to supply water to the generator, and with a discharge pipe 31 which connects with the steam distributing pipe 32, this pipe leading longitudinally through the shell and lying above one of the internal ribs thereof, as shown clearly in Fig. 3, the pipe having on its upper and inner sides jet openings 33, through which the steam issues, and mingles with the vaporized oil as described below. The geuerator is provided ou its top edge with a flange 34, which prevents the lateral spread of the llames and combustible gases, and on the top of the generator are supporting posts 35, which are provided with recesses 37, to rcceive the arms 3S of the horizontal deflector plates 39, which are arranged just above the tiues 29, and prevent the gas from rising up ward in too great volume at certain points, the plates serving to deflect the gas so that the fiame issues in thin sheets around the edges of the dellector plates, thus insuring complete combustion and distributing the heat in a convenient manner.

1f desired, a superheater may be arranged above the generator as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, and may be connected with the steam distributing pipe 32, this arrangement being perhaps desirable in small burners where the heat in the shell is not so intense as in burners of a larger size.

`-lt will be observed by reference to Fig. 2, that the whole draft of the stove passes upward through the shell 13 so that suilicient air is supplied to promote rapid combustion.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a hydrocarbon retort, the combination with the inclosing shell, of a fire-pan arranged within it, an oil-discharge pipe arranged above said pau, a well or tube inclosing the nozzle of the discharge pipe and having its top open, the retort arranged over such well and projecting laterally as specified, and a steam-jet pipe arranged adjacently to the lateral edge of the retort, as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the shell and the steam supply pipe therein, of the fire pan suspended in the shell, an oil retort arranged above the lire pan and provided with a depending discharge pipe, and an oil Well consisting of an open ended tube embracing the discharge pipe and delivering into the fire' pau, substantially as specified.

CHARLES E. COOKERLY. lVitnesses:

FRANK A. Bowan, C. J. BOWER. 

